delved (into)

verb

past tense of delve (into)
as in explored
to search through or into we uncovered many interesting stories as we delved into the history of the house we were restoring

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  1. explored
  2. investigated
  3. examined
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  • Times staff writer Deborah Vankin recently explored the practice of walking therapy by taking a hike through Griffith Park with psychotherapist Ismary Colón Angueira, who specializes in the modality.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • In Japan, this genre has been explored quite thoroughly in anime or animation, but it’s never really been done in live-action.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of explored
Verb
  • Raffensperger and his staff rejected the claims, saying all claims had been investigated and disproven.
    — Oliver Trapnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Miller investigated whether negligence in Gwen’s care resulted in her death.
    — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of investigated
Verb
  • The little prior research on any sort of relationship between voting in the United States and living longer largely examined how health status might predict later voting behaviors, Handy said.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
  • After more than two decades in space, the observatory examined over 2,000 GRBs and more than 1,400 supernovae.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of examined
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